Cari’s buck

by Smokin Feathers

Cari took this 10pt this past weekend on our trip to the hill country. She had bucks running does all over her and finally got this one to stand still long enough for a 16yd shot. The deer expired 70 yds later after taking a 100gr NAP Hellrazor through the lungs from a Hoyt vetrix shooting Easton axis arrows. This was her first buck with a bow.

Ash takes a doe with new bow

by Steve Remington

It was a cold predawn morning with the moon up and the sun starting to rise as me and Ash walked to the blind. We checked the pit blind for varmints and then climbed on in. It wasn’t 10 min and I could see deer starting to move in. A large doe came in with a nice 9pt behind her. About that time the feeder went off and deer scattered, I told Ash to get her bow up and get ready. I could see several smaller bucks and the large 9 in the distance when the doe eased back in. We were hunting does for Ash as Cari had dibbs on the last buck we were allowed on the property. Ash got her bow up and the doe put her head down and Ash was able to draw. She held for a few seconds and made a perfect broadside double lung hit on the deer. At the shot I watched the arrow disappear throught the does side and hit the ground 20 yds the other side of the deer. She only made it 45 yds before going down for the count. The bucks stood around and we watched several more come and go before we got out and recovered her deer. She was shooting a pearon sidewinder set at 41lbs shooting 24″ beman ics jr arrows with 4bld 85 gr magnus stingers. After high fives and laughter we took the deer back to camp to show everyone and for Ash to clean. She is skinning her own deer now as well as mine. I have her trained good!!!

Maine Moose Hunt With Aubrey Olson, Sponsored by Hunt of a Lifetime

by Steve Remington

Good friend and fellow Skinny Moose blogger, Chris Cobbett of Northwoods Adventures TV, took to the Maine woods with Aubrey Olson and her dad to film a show of a lifetime… The hunt was sponsored by Hunt of a Lifetime, and hosted by Sebec Lake Lodge. You can now watch the hunt online in 3 parts. Below is the first part but please head over to the Northwoods Adventures TV website to watch the entire series.

Also make sure to check out more videos at their Skinny Moose blog here. Read more

New Channel Editors

by Steve Remington

(Photo: Bill Anderson Holding Bass)

Skinny Moose Media has decided to hire on a couple Channel Editors to help assist the Network in many ways. Some of the things they will be doing is making sure each of our bloggers are equipped with the necessary tools to make their blogging that much more fun and easy. They will also assist in promoting each of the blogs in their Channel and will submit articles to be noticed on bookmarking sites, etc… The Channel Editors will also provide blog tips and provide blog ideas to their fellow bloggers in the Network. Read more

Moose Interviews Billy Mosley On Hunting Dogs

by Steve Remington

Last week, Moose interviewed Billy Mosley of Avery Creek Retrievers and Guide Service about raising good hunting dogs. The following podcast is roughly 42 minutes long. For those who currently have dogs or are potentially looking into owning or even breeding dogs this podcast will interest you. So have a listen.

Ice Fish with Michael Waddell in Minnesota

by Steve Remington

Stabley Outdoors Reports

I wanted to share this note I got from Michael Waddell

Hey brothers and sisters, I’d like to invite ya to join me as I travel to northern Minnesota to film an episode for “We Live Outdoors” television while on my first ever ice fishing experience. This will take place on the beautiful Rainy Lake with “Woody’s Fairly Reliable Guide Service.” Along with me will be a famous country music artist that will perform a private concert at the famous Woody’s pub. This is a trip you will not want to miss.

Woody has been guiding on this body of water for nearly 30 years. You will venture out via snowmobile into remote parts of the lake ice fishing for walleyes, pike and whatever else decides to hit your bait! You will fish out of heated portables and this will be an experience you will never forget. Read more

How Blogging and Real Life Can Co-Exist

by Steve Remington

I fellow blogger never fails to tell me often that blogging is like losing weight. It is easy and kind of fun for a while but then it becomes hard work. What I find interesting about losing weight is I know exactly what I have to do to lose 20 pounds in 2 months, but the hardest part is sticking with it the entire 2 month period.

Blogging is similar. We listen to all the success stories that surround dieting, exercise and losing the fat. They all tell you it is a lifestyle change. In other words, it isn’t something you should just go out and do and then you are done. It should be something you do today, tomorrow, and for the rest of your life.

Can you imagine starting a blog today and telling yourself that this is a blog that I want to create and work at for the rest of my life? Sometimes it is the attitude to have whether you seriously believe you will be blogging at 70.

The point is… blogging has to be a priority. But sometimes “real life” gets in the way. Sometimes it is our job that is demanding and we need to step back from blogging. Work becomes a priority over your blogging. Sometimes you get sick and need to rest. Health has to take priority over blogging. Family too. So is blogging just not a priority?

The key to a successful blogger is not necessarily giving up on health, or the job, or the family. It is learning how to manage real life and blogging so that they can co-exist. This takes extreme dedication but the key is to make sure that both the real world and the blogging world overlap a bit and share in some type of harmony. When the blogging clashes with the real world, it is almost certain the real world will win out. I mean let’s face it, blogging is more than just writing. It takes a lot of will and ambition to blog.

The other option is to let blogging enhance, or enrich your life. Maybe it is a release of pent up energy. Maybe you love to write…. In some instances it could further your career. The successful bloggers make blogging a priority and allow real life and their blog to co-exist.

Why do I care so much about blogging?

The next question to ask yourself is why should you care so much about blogging… The fact of the matter is most people don’t. But if you ARE looking to further your career, make a second income, or you are blogging for your job like Kristine over at the Hunt Smart, Think Safety blog. I know most of you out there have thought about what it might be like to quit a full time job working 9-5 and take up writing a blog. Is it possible? Anything is possible, but it takes not only hard work and dedication, it needs to take a priority in your life. Again, that doesn’t mean you have to neglect other important aspects of your life. You simply need to work it in as a priority so that it can enrich your life in some way.

Me at Skinny Moose has made blogging a priority. Though I do other things such as take care of 5 young children, brush and floss my teeth, eat well (to some degree… maybe ‘hearty’ is a better word), etc. But fitting blogging into my busy schedule is by no means easy, but I make it a priority in order to enrich my life through a second income to the family (wife = breadwinner).

So are you making blogging a priority? Do you even take blogging seriously? Have you thought about going full time on writing blogs? I would love to hear from any of you about this.

Desert Rat Interviews First Lady of Hunting

by Steve Remington

Marshall over at the Desert Rat Blog interviewed Brenda Valentine, The First Lady of Hunting. Brenda has a great website set up here. and you can order her book here. You can check out the Interview here.

Here is a quick excerpt of the interview: Read more

Skinny Moose Media Sees Good Increases For November

by Steve Remington

Again, Skinny Moose keeps on increasing our traffic each month. In November we saw a total increase of 6%. Our bloggers are pushing for readership and developing good content. We hope to keep seeing these increases as we are currently on track to do so. I would like to list the top 10 most active blogs (page views) for the month of November.

1- Black Bear Blog
2- Sports N More
3- Stabley Outdoors
4- Moose Droppings
5- The Hog Blog
6- Tails and Trails
7- Lowcountry Hunting
8- deerPhD
9- Desert Rat
10- Southern Adventures

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